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Trump Administration Moves to Kill Boundary Waters Protections, Make Way for Proposed Mine
The Trump Administration on Wednesday announced its intentions to cancel a mineral withdrawal on federal lands near the ...
MinnPost1d
Mining provisions environmentalists say threaten Boundary Waters scrubbed from ‘big, beautiful’ bill
Provisions that would affect the Boundary Waters were scrapped on concerns they would not pass muster under Senate ...
Detroit Lakes Tribune1d
Boundary Waters dodges a bullet, mining provision removed from House Reconciliation bill
The bill would have stripped protections from the Boundary Waters watershed, opening the door to potentially toxic copper ...
The Boundary Waters Gets Pulled Off the Chopping Block in House Budget Bill
Senate Republicans asked the House to strike a provision from its budget bill that would green-light mineral leasing in the ...
Senate removes Boundary Waters mining provision from Trump's "big, beautiful bill"
The bill has already passed in the House and is now facing pushback in the Senate, where one Minnesota senator is celebrating ...
Minnesota wildfire in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness has been 100% contained
The National Incident Management Organization announced the Horse River fire was 100% contained as of Sunday. The fire, which spread to 13 acres, had to be fought by firefighters who rappelled from ...